Adjustable mantel-piece



( No Model.) I r T. SCANTLIN.

* ADJUSTABLE MANTEL PIECE. No. 245,095. Patented Aug. 2,1881.

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- A A and the central part, B,.of the shelf UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS SCANTLIN, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

ADJUSTABLE MANTEL-PIECE.

SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 245,095, dated August 2, 1881. Application filed January 3,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SCANTLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improved Adjustable Mantel-Piece, of. which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ad- -invention are, first, to provide a mantel-piece with adjustable shelf and jambs adapted to fit a variety of sizes of chimney 5 second, to provide adjustable jambs to the fire-place opening adapted toincrease or diminish the sizeof the fire-place and fit a variety of sizes of gratebaskets. These objects I accomplish by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the entire device, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of' Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the several views A A represent an ordinary mantel-piece, with the usual'fire-opening between the legs made fast to the front.

The side jambs, D D, of the mantelpiece are provided with slots a a a a, through which the bolts I) b b I) pass which secure the said jambs to the rear side of the mantel-piece A A and permit the lateral adjustment of said jambs. The slots a a a a are covered by metal plates I I I I when the bolts b b b b are made fast.

The upper ends of each side jamb, D D, are made fast to the sliding parts (3 O of the shelf. The ends of these parts 0 O nearest the center of the mantel pass under the central stationary part, B, of the shelf, and slide between the top of the mantel-front A and the lower side of the stationary shelf B, thus admitting of the shelf 0 0 being adjusted laterally withthe side jambs, D D, and increase or diminish the length of the compound shelf 0 B 0.

On the rear side of the mantel-front A A, Fig. 2, is a guide, K, secured in a horizontal position to form a guide for the upper ends of the adjustable side jambs, G G, of the fireplace to operate in. The upper ends of these side jambs, G G, are curved to correspond with the fire-opening in the mantel-front, and

are provided with slots at n, in which are bolts With nuts m m, which are used to secure the upper ends of the adjustable jambs G G in any desired position. The lower ends of the adjustable side jambs, G G, operate in guides r 1", formed on or attached to the rear side of the legs A A of the mantel-front A.

The adjustable jambs G G are each provided With one or more projections, d d, on which the grate-basket His hooked, asshown.

It is obvious that the jambs D D and the adjustable end shelves, (3 0, maybe adjusted to fit a great variety of chimneys that the mantel-piece could not be adapted to; also, that the adjustable fire-placejambs G G may be adjusted to make a large fire-place, suitable for burning wood, or a small fire-place to receive a coal-basket for burning coal.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,,is-

l. A mantel-piece having a stationary front, A A, and central stationary shelf, B, combined with the adjustable end shelves, 0 G, by means of which the mantel-shelf may be made longer or shorter, as required, substantially as shown and described.

2. A mantel-piece having a stationary front, A A, and ,central stationary shelf, B, combined with adjustable end shelves, 0 C, and adjustable sidejambs, DD, whereby the length of the shelf and the sidejanibs may be adjusted, substantially as shown and described.

3. A mantel-piece having a stationary front, A A, with legs A A, combined with the adjustable side fire-place jambs, G G, having lugs 01 d for supporting the coal-basket, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a mantel-piece, the combination of the stationary front A A and stationary central part, B, of the shelf, the adjustable side shelves, G O, the adjustable side jambs, D D, and the adjustable fire-place jambs G G, with lugs 01 d, all substantially as shown and described.

5. In a mantel-piece, the adjustable side jambs, G G, of the fire-place, by means of which coal-baskets of various sizes may be used, and a large or small fire-place formed, as desired, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS SOANTLIN.

Witnesses: I

HERMAN BRAND, J. W. Bertram. 

